Control centre to be set up for traffic management

Navneet Rathore

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Tribune News Service

Shimla, August 5

To minimise road accidents and ensure effective traffic management in the state, the Himachal Pradesh Police will set up a control centre in Shimla. The centre will implement an Integrated Road Safety Enforcement System (IRSES).

Shimla, Kangra, Mandi pilot districts

The aim of the project, having an outlay of ~100 crore, is to build the capacity to improve patrol, surveillance, rescue and emergency response in three pilot districts of Shimla, Kangra and Mandi, which account for 50% of road accidents and casualties in the state. — Narvir Rathour, Additional Superintendent of Police (Traffic, Tourist and Railways)

The control centre will be linked to 400 Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras to monitor speed limit, wearing of seat belt, helmet, besides hazardous overtaking. Apart from this, 50 surveillance cameras will be put up on National Highways and Major District Roads (MDR) in Shimla, Kangra and Mandi districts.

The control centre is being established under the World bank-funded project Himachal Pradesh Roads Transformation Project that is being executed by Himachal Pradesh Public Road and Other Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HPRIDC), a company that is wholly owned by the state government. Additional Superintendent of Police (Traffic, Tourist and Railways) Narvir Rathour said all the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) live feeds from across the state will be brought and assessed in the control centre.

He said at present various programmes to reduce death, injuries due to road accidents and road accidents were being executed in the state.

“The aim of the project, having an investment outlay of Rs 100 crore, is to build capacity of the police to improve patrol, surveillance, rescue and emergency response in three pilot districts of Shimla, Kangra and Mandi, which account for close to 50 per cent of road accidents and casualties in the state,” he said.

Rathour added that so far police have procured 30 handheld speed guns, 10 body-worn cameras,18 alco sensors for Shimla district, besides installation and maintenance of 30 Vehicle Actuated Speed Signs (VASS) in the district.